Toy



J. WIETECHA.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-13. 1919.

1,347,238. Patented JulyZO, 1920.

mmvroza Josef M'el'ecba ATTORNEY.

' J'OSEF WIETECHA, 0E DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO NELLIE NIG-BOR, OF

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY.

Application filed November 13, 1919.

toys and particularly to that type of toy adapted to be drawn or pushed over a floor or like surface thereby actuating figural objects arranged upon a drum, and also an audible signal or sound producing element.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a toy adapted to actuate a plurality of movable figures while drawn or pushed over a floor, said figures being located upon a drum which is rotated by the rotation of the wheel axle.

A further object is to provide a toy Which can produce an acoustic signal while in motion and which has means to temporarily suspend the operation of the sound producing element.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a toy constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side View of the same and Fig. 3 is a detail View partly in section of the drum containing the sound producing element.

The axle 10 of a wheel 11 at one side or the wheel is formed into a handle 12 provided at its free end with a grip 13 so that the wheel can be either pushed or pulled along a floor, etc.

Upon the opposite side of the wheel the axle 10 is rectangularly bent and extended as at 14 and carries at its upper end a rotary drum 15 provided with a plurality of elongated slots 16. On the top of said drum, toy figures 17 and 18, preferably a girl and a boy as shown in Fig. 2, are secured to the lower face or bottom of the drum 15 in close relation to the wheel so that it can be rotated by the rotating wheel Without however perceptibly hindering the free motion of Wheel 11.

Upon the lower end of the handle 12 another drum 19 having a plurality of elon- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20,1920. Serial N0. 337,636.

gated slots 20 is arranged which is normally in close proximity to the wheel 11, the same as drum l5, and adapted to be rotated during the rotation of the Wheel 11. Within this drum a sound producing element 21 is adapted to produce a ringing sound during the motion of the toy along a floor.

If it is desired to temporarily suspend the operatlon of the sound producing element, bell-crank lever 22, the two arms of which normally engage a groove in the handle 12 as shown in Fig. 2, is pressed against the action of springs 23, and lever and drum are moved along the handle 12 until the bellcrank lever engages the groove 24 of the handle and is held in engagement therewith by means of the springs 23.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toy, the combination with a wheel of a handle for pushing and pulling said wheel along a floor and a plurality of drums adapted to be rotated by the rotation of said wheel, one of said drums carrying figural objects and the other a sound producing element, and means for engaging and disengaging one of said drums from said wheel. 2. In a toy, the combination with a wheel and its axle, an upwardly bent extension on said axle, a handle secured to the other end of said axle, a grip on said handle, a plurality of drums in frictional contact with said wheel adapted to be rotated upon the rotation of the wheel, toy figures on one of said drums, and a sound producing element in the other, and means for engaging and disengaging the drum containing the sound element from said wheel.

3. In a toy, the combination with a wheel of an operating handle, with a rectangularly and upwardly bent axle, a wheel upon said axle, a drum on said rectangularly, upwardly bent part of said axle, in frictional contact With said wheel, a plurality of toy figures in said drum, a second drum on said handle, a sound producin element in said second drum and means %or engaging and disengaging said second drum from said Wheel. 7

4. In a toy, the combination with a wheel, of a grooved handle, a rectangularly and upwardly bent axle formed with said handle, a wheel on said axle, a. slotted drum on said upwardly bent pa t Of Said Axle in frictional contact with said wheel adapted to be rotated therewith, toy figures on top of said drum, a second drum on said handle norinally in frictional contact with said wheel and a sound producing element within said drum, said handle having two spaced .7

grooves, a bell-crank lever and springs for normally pressing the arms of said be11-, 7

signature. J OSEF WIETECHA. 

